Samantha West

The Memphis and Millington school boards have approved an agreement to transfer control of Lucy Elementary to the suburban district in exchange for $3.3 million.

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board and the Germantown Municipal School District board voted to end a decade-old dispute in a settlement that will mean a new MSCS high school in Cordova.

The MSCS board was also slated to vote to close two other charter schools, but the item was pulled from the agenda after the schools sued MSCS, alleging the district is using incomplete testing data.

Beyond finding a new superintendent who can “take the district to the next level,” Althea Greene hopes to build on MSCS’ improvements on the latest state standardized tests, restore trust in the school board and district, and update aging school buildings.

The results from the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress illustrate the pandemic’s devastating effect on learning in Tennessee’s largest school district.

Martin is the second top MSCS administrator in six weeks to be placed on paid administrative leave.

Here’s how Su Casa Preschool is trying to close Memphis’ literacy gap within the Hispanic immigrant community.

If McKissack moves forward with her campaign, she would become the third school board member to pursue higher office this year.

The nature of the complaint against John Barker, deputy superintendent for strategic operations and finance, is unclear.

The interim superintendent announced increased security measures and called for channeling “fears and frustrations” into “action and solutions.”